News Round-Up

• “The awful truth: Hamas’s hostage-taking works” – One does not have to be a fan of Mr. Netanyahu to see how unfair it is to stigmatise him as the obstacle to peace in Gaza, says Charles Moore in the Telegraph.
• “Lammy’s lamentable libels” – There’s a symbiotic relationship between Muslims against Israel and Labour supporters against Israel, notes Melanie Phillips on her Substack. 
• “Labour’s Israel arms ban is a shameful betrayal of a heroic ally” – Israel is an oasis of democracy in a desert of tyranny – and our Foreign Secretary’s grandstanding appeases terrorists, writes Allison Pearson in the Telegraph.
• “David Lammy’s shameful appeasement of Hamas” – Punishing Israel with a partial arms embargo will embolden Islamofascists everywhere, warns Brendan O’Neill in Spiked.
• “Labour’s free speech betrayal” – If the leftists at the LSE can take a stand for freedom of speech, including that of a representative of Israel, why can’t Starmer and co. do the same? asks Peter Harris in the New Conservative.
• “Government ban on Islamophobia would prevent gospel proclamation” – With the strong likelihood that the Labour Government will outlaw Islamophobia, could Christians who deny that Islam is a saving faith fall foul of the law? wonders Julian Mann in Christian Today.
• “Twelve migrants die after dinghy sinks in Channel” – At least 12 people have died – including 10 women and girls – after a boat with dozens of migrants sunk in the English Channel, reports Sky News.
• “Lucy Letby told to write letter admitting ‘I am evil’ by counsellors” – A note scribbled by Lucy Letby saying “I am evil” could have been written on the advice of a counsellor, says the Mail.
• “Police record more non-criminal hate incidents despite crackdown“ – According to data gathered by the Free Speech Union, the police are actually recording more ‘non-crime hate incidents’ since Suela Braverman introduced a new Code of Practice designed to rein the police in, not fewer, reports the Times.
• “Train guards set to be offered 15% pay rise” – The Government is set to offer train guards a 15% pay rise, with the agreement confirmed in principle by the unions and the Department for Transport, reveals the Telegraph.
• “Angela Rayner prepares to rip up Margaret Thatcher’s Right to Buy scheme” – Angela Rayner could ditch Margaret Thatcher’s right to buy policy despite benefitting from the scheme herself, reports the Express.
• “Labour is already surrendering to China” – Keir Starmer promised to challenge China where necessary. He is failing in the first duty of any government, says Suella Braverman in the Telegraph.
• “Labour is lying through its teeth about the winter fuel raid” – Our leaders’ idiotic justification of a “run on the pound” for removing the winter fuel allowance from 10 million pensioners is yet another attempt to deceive us, writes Brian Monteith in the Telegraph.
• “Private school closes – and blames Labour for pricing out working class families” – A private school in one of the most deprived areas of the country has blamed Labour for its closure, saying that its parents could not afford the Government’s VAT raid, according to Stoke-on-Trent Live.
• “‘It’s hard to leave the Civil Service – your skills are useless in the private sector’” – In the Telegraph, a civil servant opens up about making a big difference as a small cog in the machine.
• “Britain’s long and proud history has been trashed by the self-hating Left” – This year’s Social Attitudes Survey indicates that pride in Britain’s history has fallen sharply over the past decade, writes Philip Johnston in the Telegraph.
• “Ed Miliband adds £150 to household bills with wind turbine building spree” – The public is being charged as much as £150 per household on their energy bills to pay for new wind turbines as Ed Miliband oversees a record-breaking expansion of green energy, reports the Telegraph.
• “Why slowing demand for electric cars is forcing manufacturers to ration petrol models” – Net Zero rules and a lack of consumer incentives to buy EVs risk pushing the market to failure, warns Matt Oliver in the Telegraph.
• “Why is it so hard to buy a petrol car?” – In the Spectator, Ross Clark explains the fallout from the absurd Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate.
• “The electric car fiasco is proof that we’re not a free country” – Politicians are intent on virtue-signalling about saving the planet, even if the actual policy makes little difference, writes James Bartholomew in the Telegraph.
• “Let’s be honest: shale fracking has saved the West” – Without America’s wildcat drillers, Europe would be facing an industrial death spiral, says Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in the Telegraph.
• “Shaun Bailey’s case” – On CrowdJustice, Shaun Bailey appeals for your help in raising £150,000 to fight a defamation lawsuit from eco-tycoon Dale Vince, which he argues is a SLAPP intended to stifle his freedom of speech.
• “The rise of ‘Left-conservatism’” – The Sahra Wagenknecht phenomenon should terrify the German elites, says Fraser Myers in Spiked.
• “Paris and New York far ahead of London in race back to the office” – London workers are returning to the office far more slowly than rivals in Paris and New York amid fears that U.K. productivity will suffer without rapid action, reports the Telegraph.
• “Vaccination fails to reduce Long Covid” – On the Courageous Discourse Substack, Dr. Peter A. McCullough argues that COVID-19 vaccines don’t reduce Long Covid and may worsen it by increasing Spike protein exposure.
• “Oh no, here comes another not-very-scary virus” – The search for what is going to kill us all next continues apace, says Dr. Roger Watson in TCW.
• “Mobile phones do not give you brain cancer, major study concludes” – A five-year study commissioned by the WHO has concluded that mobile phones do not cause brain cancer, according to Euronews.
• “Editor resigns as publisher blocks criticism of decision to retract paper on gender dysphoria” – Springer Nature has spiked a critical commentary on its controversial retraction of a paper on Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria, leading to the resignation of an editor, says Retraction Watch.
• “Father tears into gardai arresting teacher son over trans pupil row” – Footage has emerged of the moment Irish teacher Enoch Burke was arrested again outside the school that sacked him for refusing to “call a boy a girl” – days after his father was seen lambasting gardai who were for him, reports the Mail.
• “Tearful transgender athlete Valentina Petrillo unrepentant amid Paralympics scandal” – J.K. Rowling has branded transgender Paralympic sprinter Valentina Petrillo a “proud cheat” with “no shame”, according to the Mail. 
• “Female darts players threatened with disciplinary action if they refuse to play transgender rivals” – The World Darts Federation has warned players they could be disciplined for refusing to face transgender opponents, citing a need to protect the “integrity of the game”, says the Mail.
• “We need to kick men out of women’s football” – It’s a shame that whenever women’s sport makes the headlines these days, it’s often because a man has ruined it, laments Lauren Smith in Spiked.
• “A revolution begins in Austin, Texas” – The Free Press has published the convocation address delivered to the founding class of the University of Austin by its President, Pano Kanelos.
• “Donald Trump calls Keir Starmer” – An amusing fake video on X in which Trump chastises Starmer for locking people up for posting memes and tells him that when he’s re-elected he’s going to invade Britain and make it great again.

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